GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN

FINANCE DIVISION
(Regulations Wing)

F.No. 1 4(1 )R-3/2021 -69 lslamabad, the 23'd February, 2022

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject:- GRANT OF DISPARITY REDUCTION ALLOWANCE.2O22

The undersigned is directed to convey the approval of the Federal

Government for grant of Disparity Reduction Allowance @ 15o/o of the basic
pay of Basic Pay Scales 2017 w.e.t. 1't March 2022. This allowance shall be
admissible to civil employees in BPS 1-19 of the Federal Government,
(including employees of the Federal Secretariat, attached departments and
subordinate offices) who have never been allowed additional allowance /
allowances equal to or more than 100o/o of the basic pay (whether frozen or
not) or performance allowance subject to the following conditions:

a) This Allowance will not be admissible to the employees of the

organizations who are drawing additional allowance/allowances equal to
or more than '100% of the basic pay(whether frozen or otherwise);
b) This allowance will be frozen at the level drawn on 1st March 2022
c) This Allowance will be subject to lncome Tax;
d) This Allowance will be admissible during leave and entire period of
L.P.R. except during extra ordinary leave;
e) This Allowance will not be treated as part of emoluments for the purpose
of calculation of Pension/Gratuity and recovery of House Rent;
f) This Allowance will not be admissible to the employees during the tenure
of their posting/deputation abroad;
g) This Allowance will be admissible to the employees on their repatriation
from posting/deputation abroad at the rate and amount which would
have been admissible to them, had they not been posted abroad;
h) This Allowance will be admissible during the period of suspension;
i) The term "Basic Pay" will also include the amount of Personal Pay
granted on account of annual increment (s) beyond the maximum ofthe
existing pay scales.

2. All the Principal Accounting Officers and Heads theof

departments are requested to ensure the compliance of this O.M in letter and
spirit
I Jibs
(Fozia Hussain)
Section Officer (R-3)

ALL MINISTRIES/DIVISIONS/DEPARTMENTS

Web Adminiskator, Finance Division, lslamabad

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Copy to:

1. President's Secretariat (Public), lslamabad.

2. President's Secretariat (Personal), lslamabad.
3. Prime Minister's Office (Public), lslamabad.
4. Prime Minister's Office (lnternal), lslamabad.
5. National Assembly Secretariat, lslamabad.
6. Senate Secretariat, lslamabad.
7. Election Commission of Pakistan, lslamabad.
8. Supreme Court of Pakistan, lslamabad.
9. Federal Shariat Court, lslamabad.
10. Auditor General of Pakistan, lslamabad.
11. Controller General of Accounts, lslamabad.
12. AGPR, lslamabad / Lahore / Peshawar / Karachi / Quetta.
13. Military Accountant General, Rawalpindi.
14. /
All JS(Expenditure) DS(Expenditure) attached to Ministries /
Divisions etc and all officers of Finance Division.
'15. Chief Accounts Officer, M/o Foreign Affairs, lslamabad.
16. All Chief Secretaries / Finance Secretaries of the Government of
Punjab / Sindh / Khyber Pakhtunkhwa / Balochistan / Azad State of
Jammu & Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan with the recommendation to
consider adopting the proposed disparity allowance for their
employees to be funded from provinces own resources.
17 Federal Public Service Commission, F-5/1, Agha Khan Road,
lslamabad.
18 Secretary, Wafaqi Mohtasib (Ombudsman)'s Secretariat,
lslamabad.
19. Central Directorate of National Savings, lslamabad.
20. National Accountability Bureau, lslamabad.
21. lntelligence Bureau, lslamabad.
22. Pakistan Mint, Lahore.
23. Dte.Gen, Pakistan Post, lslamabad.
24. Secretariat Training lnstitute, lslamabad.
25. Directorate General of lnspection & Training, Customs & Central
Excise, 8th Floor, New Customs House, Karachi.
26 Federal Tax Ombudsman's Secretariat, lslamabad.

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(Fozia Husaiin)
Section Officer (R-3)